sc94597 on 20 November 2013
| RolStoppable said: Gameboy Advance and GameCube. The GC's biggest issue was that it was a lame console by Nintendo standards and the same goes for the Wii U. On the other hand, the DS and Wii worked in tandem and boosted each others' hardware and software sales, because neither system was inherently offputting. |
I did consider the GBA and GameCube, but I figured that Nintendo had a stronger monopoly on handheld gaming and that partly contributed to the GBA's success without being anywhere near the system the DS and 3DS are: before mobile phone gaming, before PSP, etc, etc. One can compare the sales of Mario games
on the GBA
http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=Mario+&publisher=&platform=GBA&genre=&minSales=0&results=200
and on the 3DS
http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=Mario+&publisher=&platform=3DS&genre=&minSales=0&results=200
With a smaller install base and still plenty of time to sell, the 3DS games have been more successful.
